Have ratcheted up tensions with the United States at an alarming rate. With the knowledge that north korea conducted 20 missile test on over a dozen different occasions between february and september 2017, including tests of Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles, Many Americans and our allies around the globe remain on edge. However, americans may rightly wonder about north koreas ability to threaten the homeland. Intelligence from the kingdom is often inconsistent and limited, despite these intelligence challenges, information that has been gathered is reason enough for alarm. According to media reports, to north korean shipments to a Syrian Government Agency Responsible for the countrys Chemical Weapons Program were intercepted in the past six months. While these reports did not detail what the shipments to syria contained, this is not the first time a north korean ship has been seized carrying suspected Missile System components. In 2013, a north korean ship was intercepted in the pan
Good afternoon, everybody. The committee on Homeland Security subcommittee on oversight and Management Efficiency will come to order. The purpose of this hearing is to examine the risks posed by north korea to Homeland Security and recommendations for the department of Homeland Security to be better prepared to mitigate these risks. The chair recognizes himself for an Opening Statement. It is no secret that kim jongun and his maniacal resegime have ramped up tensions. With missile tests on a dozen occasions between february and september of 2017 including tests of Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles, Many Americans and allies around the globe remain on edge. However, americans may rightly wonder about north koreas ability to threaten the home land directly. Intelligence from the hermit kingdom is often times inconsistent and limited. Despite these intelligence challenges, information that has been gathered is reason enough for alarm. For example, according to media reports, two north k
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Electromagnetic pulse attacks. Good afternoon, everybody. The committee on Homeland Security subcommittee. Will come to order. The purpose of this hearing is to examine the risk posed by north korea to Homeland Security and recommendations for the department to be better prepared to mitigate these risks. The chair recognizes himself for an Opening Statement. It is no secret that kim jong un and his regime in north korea has ratcheted up tensions with thenitis at an alarming rate. With the knowledge north korea conducted over 20 missile tests on a dozen different occasions between february and september of 2017. Including test of Ballistic Missiles. Many americans and allies around the globe remain on edge. However, americans may rightly wonder about north koreas ability to threaten the homeland directly. Intelligence from the hermit kingdom is inconsistent and limited. Despite the intelligence challenges, information that has been gathered is reason enough for alarm. For example, accor
And specific to the threat which the president said was in relation to airlines, is it an imminent threat . Was there a justification for in that moment needing to share it with the russians . I dont want to get into specifics of what exact information is shared with what exact allies, but information on this topic of the threat to aviation was shared with multiple allies. And as you know, there are already policies being put in place to protect against that threat. And you, and you and many others have reported widely on this. Something that our allies did not. Is that what youre saying . In terms of the specifics, i have no basis for comparison on what was shared with what country. But i will tell you it was our impression of all of us that were in the meeting, which ive mentioned already, was wholly appropriate given the purpose of that conversation and the purpose of what the president was trying to achieve through that meeting. But was there an imminent threat . General, when you